News — ENISA

Cyber security strengthened at EU institutions following successful pilot scheme

The European Commission today announced that the EU-Institutions have reinforced their fight against cyber threats by establishing the EU's Computer Emergency Response Team, or CERT-EU, on a permanent basis.

European Cyber Security Month in all 23 languages

New animated logo of the European Cyber Security Month now online

The Agency is launching the animation of the European Cyber Security Month (ECMS) logo.

Smart grids in focus at CRITIS12 conference in Norway

ENISA supports the key, 7th, critical information infrastructure protection conference of CRITIS, taking place in Lillehammer, Norway, 17-18 September 2012.

ENISA General Report 2011

ENISA has published its annual General Report containing details of the Agency's work and achievements during 2011.

Annual Privacy Forum 2012 - registration now open

Online registration is now open for the Annual Privacy Forum 2012. This is the event's first year, and it takes place on 10th &11th October in Limassol, Cyprus.

National Cyber Security Strategies Workshop

ENISA is organising a workshop on National Cyber Security Strategies. The event will take place on 27th September in Brussels.

ENISA will participate in the ISSE 2012

This year’s ISSE shall take place in Brussels on 23-24 of October, and ENISA shall be participating actively in several sessions, disseminating the achievements of the Agency in the areas of Security Management, Cloud Computing security and Internet Security Strategy.

Visit by the European Ombudsman

ENISA was pleased today, (19th, July) to host a visit from the European Ombudsman, as part of his series of “own-initiative” visits to all European Union Agencies.

Visit to ENISA from the European Parliament’s ITRE Committee

ENISA’s Executive Director, Professor Udo Helmbrecht and the management team hosted a delegation from the European Parliament’s Committee for Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE) today, Wednesday, 18th July, 2012.

Agency works with Crete

Executive Director, Professor Udo Helmbrecht, met Regional Governor of Crete, Stavros Arnaoutakis to discuss further cooperation between ENISA and the Region.

European Cyber Security Month -ECSM-material now available online

ENISA has developed a series of free material to support the EU Member States in their preparations for the European Cyber Security Month.

Joint EU-US Open Workshop on Cyber Security of ICS & Smart Grids

On 15th, October, the joint EU-US Open Workshop on Cyber Security of ICS & Smart Grids will take place in the Netherlands.

Cyprus' EU-Presidency Work Programme & ENISA

The Cypriot EU-Presidency started on 1st of July, and mentions ENISA in its Work Programme, at www.cy2012.eu

Launch of European Cyber Security Month logo

Smarter & safer distribution of energy through smart grids: Agency workshop

ENISA is conducting a workshop in Brussels on the Security Certification of the Smart Grids. Smart Grids can make future energy distribution more efficient. At the same time, they must be set up in a secure way, to be rolled out successfully.

Breakthrough of EU-Institutions as they agree on a common approach on EU-Agencies

Recently, a decisive step has been taken to clarify the set-up conditions for EU-Agencies through a common agreement by the EU-Institutions. The agreement will improve the agencies' governance and make them more effective.

Training day: getting ready for Cyber Europe 2012

Today (26th of June 2012), cyber security experts from across Europe are meeting in Paris for an intense training day in preparation for Cyber Europe 2012

ENISA’s international security message

The evolving cyber security landscape will be highlighted by Executive Director, Professor Udo Helmbrecht at an international conference in San Francisco on 25th June.

Security increasingly in focus in mid-term review of the Digital Agenda

Commissioner Kroes in a speech today at the EU's annual Digital Agenda Assembly in Brussels, announced security to be one out of five top priority areas in a mid-term review of the Digital Agenda.

CERT success

ENISA held its 7th Annual CERT Workshop on 14th and 15th June in Valletta, Malta. The event focused on providing hands-on training for the European Union’s national and governmental Computer Emergency Response Teams – CERTs.

ENISA at EuroDIG 2012-Stockholm

ENISA thanks cyber citizens

A big thank you to everyone who has sent us their photograph to be part of European Cyber Security Month! We’ve received pictures from hundreds of people.

Exercises boost cooperation

ENISA organised two small-scale cyber security exercises on 30th May and 6th June. The exercises were held to familiarise participants with cross-border cooperation procedures and mechanisms for dealing with large-scale cyber crises in Europe.

The threat from Flamer

ENISA has published a short analysis of the threat from the Flamer spying virus. Flamer reminds us of the weaknesses in our cyber defences and underlines why ENISA's work on cyber security is so important.